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Branson may make a last-ditch effort to beat Bezos into space:
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he would fly on the first human spaceflight of his company's New Shepard spacecraft. This mission will launch from Blue Origin's spaceport in West Texas on July 20, which is the anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969.
With this timeline, Bezos seemed almost certain to beat his suborbital space tourism rival, Sir Richard Branson, into space. Setting aside whether Branson's VSS Unity vehicle reaches space—its maximum altitude is just below the Kármán line, or 100 km—this is nonetheless a meaningful milestone.
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday June 09 2021, @02:49PM
I definitely agree with regards to India. India's barely got a Space Agency and they're doing good just to launch their own satellites and/or shoot someone else's down. They also don't seem likely to blow money on a manned Mars mission.
While China is "secretive" they don't look to be in a position to beat Musk to Mars. At least not without a serious commitment on their part. Why would they commit such massive resources anyway? Better to let Musk scout it out first. At this point, we have no idea what resources are on Mars and it's not terribly likely to be good ROI for your money.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"